Wed. 3/2/11 3:58pm
Matt from Springfield:
@DCE: All ya gotta do is hold down Alt, and enter the ASCII number into the right-hand Num Lock keypad.

Once a co-worker who was here for 3 weeks saw me type a special character, and asked how to do that, so he could type his "fiancée"--the next week he was gone! He infiltrated just to learn that one thing from me!

Wed. 3/2/11 3:58pm
USM Drives:
We've only been around for like a dozen years. Irwin and the Old Codger haven't heard of us yet, and when they go into the nursing home it just won't matter anyway.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:02pm
Tom ( The Bactrian Support Network ):
by 1980 I've at that time given up on FM until I was in a Spot and got WFMU yessss ... Pat Duncan !!!!!!!

Wed. 3/2/11 4:03pm
hamburger:
or if everyone from the ambulance leaves in handcuffs.. booya! or maybe not booya... kablooey?

Wed. 3/2/11 4:03pm
Matt from Springfield:
Irwin was my cherry-breaker almost 2 years ago.
Broke it so bad I had to go to Terre T's clinic, where I was told she only treats blossoms...

Wed. 3/2/11 4:05pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Tom(BSN): I've been meaning to ask you Tom, is there any significance in calling yourself "the Bactrian Support Network"? Is that your band, or something like that?

Wed. 3/2/11 4:07pm
Danne D:
Pretty sure my first FMU show I heard was with Chris T when my friend hijacked the radio in my car. Pretty sure it was at the (then) Interchange Bank drive through window in Elmwood Park. Probably called in to SSD not long after having the shows confused of course. I think his 2nd hijacking was when the Hound was on. Chris T/SSD/Radio "Active" Theater/The Hound/Wildgirl and Meredith's show were probably my first prime listens.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:10pm
Danne D:
I think I heard Terre a couple of times in that era (more a hazy memory) before she was off the schedule for a good while. Actually got to know Terre when volunteering at the station by way of a random convesation with her back at the EO place - so she was actually an FMU friend before she was back on air and I got to find out what an awesome DJ she is.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:23pm
Irwin's motivational poster:
"There is no 'I' in 'TEAM', but there is an 'M' and an 'E'. "

Wed. 3/2/11 4:24pm
fred:
Usual story as far as cabs go, they usually don't want me as a fare, probably because I look like a FMU listener. I'm used to have to show them the money first. This time he said he would be right back and I got cops instead. I have no idea why, the cops didn't seem to know either, but I still wasted one hour at the station and missed the gig. I'm pissed off as hell and ashamed too because I told pierre I would buy him a beer at this gig and didn't even make it there

Wed. 3/2/11 4:24pm
hamburger:
@Channeling Irwin: Could you make Billy's teeth into a personalized signature?

Wed. 3/2/11 4:37pm
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Wed. 3/2/11 4:37pm
IGA:
It's Independent Grocers Assoc, formed by smalltown grocery stores around the US to match the economies of scale of early chains such as A&P

Wed. 3/2/11 4:48pm
Freddy Kreuger:
Thomas should be my next victim. I'd get amnesty for all those bad remakes.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:48pm
Ik͖̤̫e:
Ugh, Gristede's is appalling. I hate being ripped off even when I have $$$. ( Would rather save it and give to FMU.) Another reason (besides bedbugs and landlord horror stories, etc.) I don't live in Manhattan though I work there. Speaking of "indie" grocers, ShopRite is supposedly employee-owned.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:48pm
hamburger:
this 'hold your hand' sounds sad :(

Wed. 3/2/11 4:48pm
still b/p:
You want us to diss him for you, fred? Presidential provocation by protected proxy?

Wed. 3/2/11 4:50pm
pierre:
@ Fred : merde ! i'm so sorry for you that's terrible !
for the pint, i promised you one at the Club Moral gig, i'm sticking to it, don't worry some good things are still going to happen.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:50pm
hamburger:
Thomas paperback writer!

Wed. 3/2/11 4:51pm
Dead Corporate Eyes:
hell, let him tackle some of the White album stuff!

Wed. 3/2/11 4:52pm
john:
no way was he drunk... but what is sad, is that this sounds like it was maybe made for a girlfriend or something, and now it's being broadcast to the world!!

Wed. 3/2/11 4:53pm
dale:
re: thomas. i once worked with a guy who told everyone linda carter was flying him to nashville to record a country album with him. then he tried to borrow money from me for the studio fee. gotta love folks.

We'll make fun of your president for you, Fred, don't worry :)
That French President dude is a big dummy!

See there you go :) (That's totally not authorized by fred French Police Goons!)

Wed. 3/2/11 4:53pm
Joe Bacon:
I want to be the first one in line to contribute to Irwin's 2012 fundraiser if he does a Thomas premium!

Wed. 3/2/11 4:54pm
fred:
Amanda would just rip Thomas, Freddy and My Great Leader to shreds without breaking a sweat. Amanda rules!
@pierre: at least I didn't let you down! That was my primary worry while I was waiting in the Bagneux police station. I can always catch up with a gig, but a promise is something else

Wed. 3/2/11 4:55pm
Danne D:
Pierre and Fred need to send a photo to the photo gallery once they get together :)

Wed. 3/2/11 4:59pm
pierre:
@ Danne D : we will (i actually feel proud to be asked that), and if i can be of any help trashing (not) my president with all of you, that'll be a pure pleasure !
@ fred : now i really hope the police didn't treat you bad, and don't worry we'll have opportunities now that we know each other radio wise !

That's one of the many great thing about this radio, it's its non religious sense of community that can unit us.

Wed. 3/2/11 4:59pm
David:
LOL!!!! The sound of the blender and her hooting is fucking AWESOME!!!

Wed. 3/2/11 5:04pm
insultes sans frontières:
The President of the French Republic is the miserable, thick-witted, pie stealing, card cheating, line jumping, low-rent, lowlife, rat-kissing, chump-ass, bedbug-spreading spawn of a rank-fanged meter maid and a scrofulous weasel.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:06pm
dale:
hey mo and irwin - i didn't hear the drawing for the jim sullivan cd. that's whys i donated when i did!

Wed. 3/2/11 5:06pm
pierre:
hahaha Ike !
nice insults,
i would say on top, that he is dangerous

Wed. 3/2/11 5:07pm
Danne D:
There goes my goal of fitting into a chick tee by the end of the summer....

Wed. 3/2/11 5:08pm
Danne D:
There should be an Amanda and Thomas duet:

Thomanda?!?

Wed. 3/2/11 5:08pm
Danne D:
More XXL men listening to FMU than XXL womens I guess....

Wed. 3/2/11 5:08pm
fred:
Amanda rules!
@pierre: in my experience the cops have been pretty puzzled with me. Come to think of it I had never been arrested before the Great Leader got elected, and each time the cops have looked at a loss as to why I ended up in their care (hint: I'm of Tunisian descent, but my blue eyes confuse them)

Wed. 3/2/11 5:09pm
minnesota jeff:
THOMADAGEDDON!!!!!!

Wed. 3/2/11 5:09pm
hamburger:
so how does it work when you've done a couple $75 pledges to meet the mouse level?

Wed. 3/2/11 5:11pm
herb:
as for UNCOMFORTABLE TOPICS, can i tell you about my shoes? they're new & not qwite broken in. but enough about me, how about more gossip about wfmu "management". (oh yeah, i just sealed up my pre-marathon pledge. and have added an extra 1%. i wish i could be like sports players - they give 110%.)

Wed. 3/2/11 5:11pm
Bill:
Was there a drawing for the UFO CD?

Wed. 3/2/11 5:11pm
Danne D:
They combine up all your cards at the end hamburger - no worries. It's part of the reason why they don't turn around and send pledge forms immediately - so they can try to capture some of the serial pledgers and make sure they are properly accounted. No worries - you'll get properly credited :) They have a great dataslave team there

Wed. 3/2/11 5:13pm
hamburger:
@Danne-D, yea coming from a non-background-security-checked volunteer.. whatever! only j/k :) I wanna hit the mouse for next next week's show. no offence Irwin and Monica

Wed. 3/2/11 5:14pm
hamburger:
*next next week's SUW show.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:16pm
G:
I'm so proud I sponsored this board when i saw it was available last week, qvell qvell...

Wed. 3/2/11 5:16pm
pierre:
@ fred : well if you are safe, i'll be glad.
funny, i to descend from arabic ancestors (egypt-lebanon) but my skin is pale as a milkman's shit.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:25pm
pierre:
i'd rather go out with amanda (assuming she is grown up now) than frangry

Wed. 3/2/11 5:26pm
hank:
good choice ...pottahawk
;^)

Wed. 3/2/11 5:26pm
dc pat:
She 's grown up and cute...and still talks like that.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:27pm
Danne D:
Keep pledging everyone :) Heading out of work and up to the station (though I'm stopping to bring treats on the way). Make sure you soak Andy good! Probably will there too late for those festivities.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:28pm
Keepin' It Real:
You bunch of old pervs, horning on Amanda!

Wed. 3/2/11 5:28pm
pierre:
does anybody know if she'd go out with a useless 25 year old french guy ?

Wed. 3/2/11 5:28pm
Danne D:
I'd date Frangry too, though it'd be a total trainwreck for sure. You may have competition, hamburger :)

See you all later!

Wed. 3/2/11 5:30pm
liz:
I <3 Amanda, but Thomas makes me happy like nothing else ever could. I just wanna give him a hug. Or a high five.

Wed. 3/2/11 5:31pm
Becky:
I almost waged a WAR because of the tee-shirt issue. I thought they were eliminating ALL girly-cut tees. But you still have the women's cuts, just not the "chick" cuts (for teen girls only, sez Ken) Okey doke! I'm pledgin!